Another vote for the Charney Audio Maestro! Designed to be placed against or just off the wall depends on your room. Charney can have them finished any way you like or you can buy them naked and finish them yourself. Plus you have a choice of drivers from Lii, Voxativ, and AER to fit your budget and listening preferences. He also builds dacs, amps, preamps, and sells cd players and transports. Could be a one stop shop for you.
Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers
I’m a believer in synergy, not individual components. I’m setting up a new system in my condo and like most condos, I’ve got some limitations. My room is 16’ wide and 35’ long, 9’ height. The system will be placed 2/3 down on the long wall. It’s the living room and my wife says no ugly room treatments as it’s our living room. Just to head this off - I don’t need a new wife. I listen at moderate levels (usually 70-85db). Mostly progressive rock and jazz, all streamed, no phono. Budget is $8k, for used speakers. Once the speakers are mostly set, I'll work on amps, preamp, DAC, streamer, & cables ($25k all in budget, all used components).
The speakers will need to be placed right up next to the wall, so I was thinking of Ohm or Larsen, but these aren't very efficient – are there other options? I’d like much higher efficiency as I like the dynamic presentation I generally get with that setup, but I don’t know of any efficient speakers I can place next to the wall.
I can add subs, if necessary, but I do need to take into account my neighbors above and below me.
I should add that historically, I've really preferred the sound of dipoles or open-baffle designs, but I don't have the space for them here.
Any suggestions or recommendations for my new-to-me main speakers?